The North Carolina Drought Management Advisory Council (DMAC) maintains a website displaying the North Carolina portion of the United States Drought Monitor’s drought severity map. This map shows the location and the severity of the drought and is updated weekly on Thursday. The DMAC strongly urges implementation of drought response actions for all users located in, or dependent on water resources derived from, the areas of the State experiencing exceptional, extreme, severe, moderate drought, or abnormally dry conditions.
Based upon the DMAC’s reclassification of the severity of the drought across the State, and the Commission Orders issued on October 24, 2007 and May 23, 2008, in Docket No. W 100, Sub 46, the Commission-regulated water systems are subject to the water restrictions as defined by the Commission below. The level of water restrictions applicable to a particular county will vary as the DMAC drought severity map classifications change from week to week every Thursday. For this purpose, the official drought severity classification for each county will be designated in accordance with DMAC’s placement of each county in its listing for “Counties Under Current Advisory.” The entire county is designated under a single classification which is based upon the highest level of drought severity applicable to at least 25% of the land area of the county in question.
(No drought classification – counties that are completely white on DMAC’s map)
Voluntary odd-even spray irrigation three days per week:
Handheld use of a container or hose to water flowers, shrubs, trees, and vegetable gardens is allowable at anytime.
Car washing is allowable at anytime.
Filling of swimming pools or topping-off pools is allowable at anytime.
(Yellow on DMAC map)
Mandatory odd-even spray irrigation three days per week:
Handheld use of a container or hose to water flowers, shrubs, trees, and vegetable gardens is allowable at anytime.
Car washing is allowable at anytime.
Filling of swimming pools or topping-off pools is allowable at anytime.
(Beige on DMAC map)
Mandatory odd-even spray irrigation two days per week:
Handheld use of a container or hose to water flowers, shrubs, trees, and vegetable gardens is allowable at anytime.
Car washing is allowable at anytime.
Filling of swimming pools or topping-off pools is allowable at anytime.
(Light Orange on DMAC map)
Mandatory odd-even spray irrigation two days per week:
Handheld use of a container or hose to water flowers, shrubs, trees, and vegetable gardens is allowable on any day (8 p.m. to 8 a.m.).
Car washing – odd addresses on Saturday/even addresses on Sunday.
No filling of swimming pools - Topping-off pools only 12 inches per week.
(Red on DMAC map)
Mandatory odd-even spray irrigation one day per week:
Handheld use of a container or hose to water flowers, shrubs, trees, and vegetable gardens is allowable on any day (8 p.m. to 8 a.m.).
Car washing – odd addresses on Saturday/even addresses on Sunday.
No filling of swimming pools – No topping-off pools.
(Burgundy on DMAC map)
No spray irrigation.
Handheld use of a container or hose to water flowers, shrubs, trees, and vegetable gardens is allowable on any day (8 p.m. to 8 a.m.).
No car washing.
No filling of swimming pools – No topping-off pools.
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